Stuart Chase
5 quotes
Biography
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible."
"Citizens of a modern society need [...] more than that ordinary "common sense" which was defined by Stuart Chase as that which tells you that the world is flat."
"Political democracy can remain if it confines itself to all but economic matters."
"Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws."
"People above the line of bare subsistence in this age, and in all earlier ages, do not use the surplus which society has given them primarily for useful purposes. They do not seek to expand their lives, to live more wisely, intelligently, understandingly, but to impress other people with the fact that they have a surplus."